So, a Pier for Hamas it is...

CDR Salamander ^ | 11 Mar 2024 | CDR Salamander

[Chad C. Mulligan]

A lot of people spent the weekend scratching their heads over this;

It will take a few weeks to make the transit from Virginia to the eastern Mediterranean. The 37-year old Besson can’t even break 12-knots fully loaded.

…and yes my friends - the Army has its own navy.

I feel real sorry for the Operational Planners.

In an area thick with poorly controlled hostile forces with everything from snipers to ATGM, how do you work this force protection problem?

What are your ROE if you take fire? What if you are confronted with a wave of people wanting refuge on the ship? What if ship’s company goes missing ashore?

This is at the far end of the Mediterranean…in spring. Storm season is past, so hopefully the weather will cooperate.

I almost made this post about what a bad idea this was, but the die is cast and all we can do now is trust that those tasked with planning will do the best they can with what they’ve been provided, and those who have to execute the mission are both good and lucky. Such activities, from Lebanon to Libya, do not turn out all that well in this part of the world. A lot can and will happen in the weeks it will take to get there, so perhaps fate will help.

[DugwayDuke]

Brian Griffin wrote: “Michigan Muslim votes”

Other than that, it’s just a example of meaningless virtue signalling.

[guest7]

"Be a shame if that pier somehow exploded the minute it was finished..."

It most probably will; they didn't do an "environmental impact study".

[guest7]

"Then who is going to build and operate this pier? This doesn’t make sense."

Send them an "Erector Set Pier". Drop it off; and let them build it themselves.

or...

or...floating dock...

[Thud]

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[Waverunner]

History repeats itself, loved this TV show as a kid in the 60's

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Fixed link - sorry.

https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/so-a-pier-for-hamas-it-is?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=22jg6q&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[JimRed]

A fixed target in a known location. What could go wrong?

[Organic Panic]

Hamas, Houthis, Hisballah, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and any other number of Muslim terrorists will LOVE being able to take out conveniently placed sailors, Sea Bees, Army engineers, and sink a US ship or two with Iranian supplied missiles. And when they do what will Biden do? Nothing. He will send a cruise missile to bomb some garden shed in Shabwa. Heck. I wouldn’t be surprised in Israel bombs that stupid floating dock that Biden will use to rearm and resupply Hamas.

God help us from this evil chomo and his demons in the White House.

[Rummyfan]

And...

How the US Military Builds a Pier

[linMcHlp]

Papa Dock Biden